WO2017187627A1

WO2017187627A1 - Pillow for lying prone

Info

Publication number: WO2017187627A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/063459
Authority: WO
Inventors: 逸見　和清
Original assignee: 株式会社日元倶楽部
Priority date: 2016-04-28
Filing date: 2016-04-28
Publication date: 2017-11-02

Abstract

A pillow 1 for lying prone is provided with: a face support section 20 having a forehead support section 220 for supporting the forehead, and a jaw support section 210 for supporting the mandible; a rear head support section 30 for supporting the rear of the head, the read head support section 30 being disposed in a position orthogonal to the direction connecting the forehead support section 220 and the jaw support section 210 and to the side of the face support part 20, such that the rear of the head can contact the position when rolling over from a prone sleeping state in which the forehead and mandible are supported by the face support section 20 to a face-up sleeping state; and a connecting section 40 for connecting the face support section 20 and the rear head support section 30.

Description

Prone pillow

The present invention relates to a prone pillow that can lie on its face while suppressing unnatural bending of the cervical spine.

In recent years, it has been known that the blood flow of the whole body is improved by the pressure acting on the abdomen as an effect of lying down. Therefore, a prone pillow for lying on its face is known (for example, see Patent Publication 1).

JP 2014-233350 A

However, when the above-mentioned lying pillow is used, the position and posture of the face lying down are fixed and the lying pillow abuts on the forehead, chin, and cheeks throughout the sleeping time. For this reason, users of prone pillows may feel uncomfortable, unable to sleep well, or unconscious during sleep, even if they feel unconscious when they want to change their facial position and posture during sleep. There is a risk that the face will be removed from the pillow and the patient will not be lying down.

An object of the present invention is to provide a prone pillow that can change the position and posture of the face unconsciously during sleep and can reduce discomfort in the state of lying down.

The present invention provides the face support having a forehead support part for supporting the forehead, a chin support part for supporting the lower jaw body, and the face support orthogonal to the direction connecting the forehead support part and the chin support part. It is located at a position on the side of the head, and the back of the head can be contacted when turning over from lying on the prone and mandibular body supported by the face support part and lying on the back Further, the present invention relates to a prone pillow provided with a occipital region support part that supports the occipital region and a connection part that connects the face support part and the occipital region support part.

Further, it is preferable that the connection portion has a lower guide surface that is directed downward as approaching the face support portion from the back head support portion. The lower guide surface preferably has an inclined surface with an inclination angle of 10 ° to 40 °.

In addition, it is preferable that a gripping part that can be gripped by hand in the state of lying down or lying on its back is provided on the side opposite to the chin support part with respect to the forehead support part.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a prone pillow that can unconsciously change the position and posture of the face during sleep and can reduce discomfort in the state of lying down.

It is a figure which shows the prone pillow 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is the figure seen from the back side, (c) is a front view. It is a perspective view which shows the prone pillow 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the state by which the face of the state of lying down was supported in the face support part 20 of the lying down pillow 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the state by which the occipital region of the lying-down state was supported in the occipital region support part 30 of the prone pillow 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the prone pillow of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Drawing 1 is a figure showing prone pillow 1 concerning an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a figure seen from the back side, and (c) is a front view. is there. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the prone pillow 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the face in the face-down state is supported in the face support part 20 of the face-down pillow 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the occipital region of the prone pillow 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is supported on the back of the prone pillow 1.

Here, for convenience of explanation, the upper side in FIG. 1B is defined as the back direction, the lower side is defined as the front direction, and these are defined as the front-rear direction. Further, the left direction in FIG. 1 is defined as the left direction, and the opposite direction is defined as the right direction. In addition, a direction from the back side of the paper surface to the front side in FIG. 1 (a front side of the paper surface) is defined as an upward direction, and the opposite direction is defined as a downward direction.

The prone pillow 1 is a pillow that allows the user of the prone pillow 1 to alternately perform both lying down and lying on the back by turning over while sleeping. As shown in FIG. 1, the prone pillow 1 includes a substrate 10, a face support portion 20, a back head support portion 30, and a connection portion 40.

The substrate 10 is composed of an oblong member that is long in the left-right direction, and is composed of an integrally formed brazing material. The face support unit 20, the occipital region support unit 30, and the connection unit 40 are disposed on the substrate 10, and the substrate 10 supports the face support unit 20, the occipital region support unit 30, and the connection unit 40.

As shown in FIG. 1, the substrate 10 has a through hole 101 having a substantially trapezoidal shape at the center. In addition, a pair of grip portions 102 configured integrally with the substrate 10 is provided in a portion in the back direction of the substrate 10. In the front-rear direction of FIG. 1, the grip portion 102 is provided on the side opposite to the chin support portion 210 with respect to the forehead support portion 220 to be described later, and is provided at the edge on the back side of the substrate 10. Each of the substrates 10 extends obliquely in the rearward direction so as to be separated from each other in the left-right direction as it is farther away from the rear end edge of the substrate 10. When the user of the prone pillow 1 is lying on his / her face with the nose facing the through-hole 101 as will be described later, or when he / she is lying on his / her back, he / she will use at least one of the left and right hands. The grip portion 102 can be gripped.

The face support unit 20 includes a chin support unit 210, a forehead support unit 220, a portion around the through hole 101 of the substrate 10, and the towel cloth 11. When the user of the prone pillow 1 is lying on the prone side using the prone pillow 1, the chin support part 210 supports the user's lower jaw (lower chin), and the forehead support part 220 is used by the user. The frontal scale (forehead) is supported, whereby the face support unit 20 supports the face. The towel cloth 11 will be described later.

Specifically, the chin support part 210 includes a chin side main body material 211, an elastomer material 213, and a hook-and-loop fastener 215. The chin side main body 211 constitutes a core part of the chin support part 210 and is made of a thermoplastic resin. As shown in FIG. 3, the chin side main body material 211 is configured by connecting a lower cuboid lower abutment portion 2112 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape to an end portion of a substantially rectangular plate-like lower jaw front abutment plate portion 2111. It has a substantially L shape when viewed from the side. 3 and 4, the illustration of the elastomer material 213 and the towel cloth 11 is omitted for convenience of explanation.

The jaw side main body material 211 is formed by shaping the lower jaw body of the user and the front part of the neck, and molding a thermoplastic resin based on the mold obtained by the shaping. Therefore, the mandibular body front abutting plate portion 2111 and the mandibular body lower abutting portion 2112 of the chin-side main body 211 are respectively formed in the center position in the left-right direction, and the shape of the lower jaw body of the user, It has a shape in which a concave portion 216 and a concave portion 214 that are the same as the shape of the front portion are formed. In other words, the shape of the lower jaw and the shape of the front part of the neck are different depending on the user, so that it is formed in the shape that best fits the lower jaw of each user so that the user will not feel discomfort as much as possible during sleep. ing.

The elastomer material 213 is provided on the upper surface of the jaw-side body material 211 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the jaw-side body material 211. The elastomeric material 213 has a flexibility and a thickness that hardly cause damage or the like even when the user's lower jaw is in contact with the user for a long time. Thereby, the elastomer material 213 suppresses that the hardness of the jaw side main body material 211 made of a relatively hard thermoplastic resin is transmitted to the user's mandibular body, and the mandible for a long time during the sleep time. It is possible for the user to maintain the state in contact with 210.

The hook-and-loop fastener 215 has one hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion that are detachably attached to each other, and one hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided on the lower surface of the jaw side main body material 211 and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion 215 is attached. A surface fastener portion is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 10. When one hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion are attached to each other, the jaw-side body material 211 of the jaw support portion 210 is fixed at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the substrate 10. When the jaw-side main body 211 is fixed to the substrate 10 by the hook-and-loop fastener 215, the user's lower jaw body is actually supported by the jaw support portion 210, and the fixing position is determined. The

The forehead support 220 includes a forehead main body material 221, an elastomer material 223, and a hook-and-loop fastener 225. The forehead main body 221 forms a core part of the forehead support 220 and is made of a thermoplastic resin. The forehead main body 221 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the left-right direction.

The forehead main body material 221 is configured by molding a user's forehead and molding a thermoplastic resin based on the mold obtained by the molding. Therefore, the forehead main body 221 has a shape in which a concave portion 224 that is the same as the shape of the user's forehead that is depressed downward is formed at a central position in the left-right direction. In other words, since the shape of the forehead varies depending on the user, it is formed in a shape that best fits the forehead of each user so that the user does not feel uncomfortable as much as possible during sleep. The concave portion 224 at the center position of the forehead body member 221 has a wider shape in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction than the recess portion 216 at the center position of the lower jaw front contact plate portion 2111 of the jaw-side body member 211. . Further, in the vertical direction, the height of the lowermost portion of the concave portion 224 at the center position of the forehead main body material 221 is the lowermost portion of the concave portion 216 at the center position of the lower jaw body front contact plate portion 2111 of the jaw side main body material 211. Lower than the height of.

The elastomer material 223 is provided on the upper surface of the forehead main body 221 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the forehead main body 221. The elastomer material 223 has a flexibility and a thickness that hardly cause damage even if the user's forehead is in contact with the user for a long time. Thereby, the elastomer material 223 suppresses the hardness of the forehead main body material 221 made of a relatively hard thermoplastic resin from being transmitted to the user's lower jaw body, and the forehead supports the forehead for a long time during sleep time. The user can maintain the state in contact with 220.

The hook-and-loop fastener 225 has one hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion that are detachably attached to each other, but one hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided on the lower surface of the forehead main body material 221 and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided. A surface fastener portion is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 10. The forehead main body 221 of the forehead support 220 is fixed to a predetermined position on the upper surface of the substrate 10 by attaching the one surface fastener portion and the other surface fastener portion.

The occipital region 30 comes into contact with the occipital region support unit 30 when the face is supported from the prone position and the mandible supported by the face support unit 20 when lying on its back. Supports the back of the head. Specifically, the occipital region support part 30 includes an occipital region main body material 311, an elastomer material 313, a hook-and-loop fastener 315, and a towel cloth 11.

The occipital side main body material 311 constitutes a core part of the occipital region support part 30, and is composed of a thermoplastic resin. The occipital region side main body material 311 is a position perpendicular to the lateral position of the face support portion 20 in the left-right direction, that is, the direction connecting the forehead support portion 220 and the chin support portion 210 constituting the face support portion 20 (front-rear direction). Are arranged at respective positions in the left direction and the right direction.

The occipital region main body material 311 has an oval shape that is larger than the entire occipital region in plan view. That is, when a user who is lying on his / her face with his / her face in contact with the face support unit 20 turns over and falls into a state of lying on his / her back, the user's head is placed on the occipital region side body material 311. It has the magnitude | size of the grade which does not protrude from the back head support part 30 provided with.

The back head side main body material 311 is formed by shaping the back of the user's back head and molding a thermoplastic resin on the basis of the mold obtained by the mold taking. Therefore, the back head side main body material 311 has the recessed part 314 same as the shape of a user's back head which has a shape where the upper surface of the center was depressed downward. In other words, since the shape of the back of the head varies depending on the user, the shape of the back of the head is best fitted to each user so that the user does not feel uncomfortable during sleep. The back head is configured to fit. The periphery of the recess 314 is constituted by a horizontal plane 402.

The elastomer material 313 is provided on the upper surface of the occipital side main body material 311 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the occipital side main body material 311. The elastomer material 313 has a flexibility and a thickness that hardly cause damage even if the user's back of the head is in contact for a long time. As a result, the elastomer material 313 suppresses the hardness of the occipital side main body material 311 made of a relatively hard thermoplastic resin from being transmitted to the user's lower jaw body, and makes the occipital region to support the occipital region for a long period of time during sleep. It is possible for the user to maintain the state in contact with 30.

The hook-and-loop fastener 315 has one hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion that are detachably attached to each other, and one hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided on the lower surface of the occipital-side main body material 311, A surface fastener portion is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 10. By attaching one hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion to each other, the occipital-side main body material 311 of the occipital-head support portion 30 is fixed at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the substrate 10. The towel cloth 11 will be described later.

The connection unit 40 connects the face support unit 20 and the occipital region support unit 30 in the left-right direction, and the prone position of the user's head in a state of lying face down with the face abutting on the face support unit 20 The user's head can be moved between the back position of the user's head in the state where the back of the head is brought into contact with the back of the head support 30.

Specifically, the connection portion 40 includes a connection portion main body material 411, an elastomer material 413, a hook-and-loop fastener 415, and a towel cloth 11.
The connecting portion main body 411 constitutes a core portion of the connecting portion 40 and is made of a thermoplastic resin. The connection part main body material 411 is arrange | positioned in the position between the face support part 20 and the back head support part 30, respectively.

The connection part main body 411 is present in the front-rear direction from the chin support part 210 of the face support part 20 to the forehead support part 220 in plan view, and the chin side main body material 211 of the chin support part 210 and the forehead support. It is connected to the forehead body material 221 of the part 220. Further, the connecting portion main body material 411 exists from the back head side main body material 311 to the portion in the vicinity of the through hole 101 of the substrate 10 constituting the face support portion 20 in the left-right direction in plan view. End portions of the connecting portion main body material 411 in the left-right direction are respectively connected to the back head side main body material 311. The connection unit 40 has a lower guide surface 401 that goes downward as it approaches the face support unit 20 from the back head support unit 30.

Specifically, the lower guide surface 401 has an inclination angle A on the upper surface of the connection portion main body material 411 (more specifically, the upper surface of the towel cloth 11 covering the elastomer material 413 covering the upper surface of the connection portion main body material 411). Is constituted by an inclined surface of 10 ° or more and 40 ° or less, and in this embodiment, the inclination angle A is constituted by an inclined surface of 10 °. This is because if the inclination angle A is less than 10 °, it is difficult to obtain the effect of inclination. Moreover, when the inclination angle A exceeds 40 °, the inclination becomes steep, and it is not easy to change from lying down to sleeping on the back during sleep. The inclined surface constituting the lower guide surface 401 has a tapered shape in which the width in the front-rear direction increases in the plan view as it approaches the horizontal surface 402 from the through hole 101. By having the taper shape in this way, when the user goes from lying down to lying on his back when sleeping, the portion of the cheek with a narrow area is first in the front-rear direction. In this case, a portion of the lower guiding surface 401 having a small width is brought into contact with a portion of the lower guiding surface 401 having a wide width in the front-rear direction. Thus, since the area where the user's head gradually contacts the lower guide surface 401 is increased, when the user's head comes into contact with the downwardly inclined lower guide surface 401 and rolls, the user feels uncomfortable with the upward tilt. It is possible to suppress.

The lowermost end of the lower guide surface 401 is a portion of the substrate 10 between the chin support portion 210 and the forehead support portion 220 of the face support portion 20, and is connected to a portion in the vicinity of the through hole 101 in the center portion of the substrate 10. And has the same height as this portion in the vertical direction. The uppermost end of the lower guide surface 401 is connected to a horizontal plane 402 that surrounds the recess 314 of the occipital region support part 30 and has the same height as the horizontal plane 402 in the vertical direction.

The elastomer material 413 is provided on the upper surface of the connection portion main body 411 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the connection portion main body 411. The elastomer material 413 has a flexibility and a thickness that hardly cause damage even if the cheek or the temporal region comes into contact when the user is turning over. Thereby, when the elastomer material 413 suppresses that the hardness of the connection part main body material 411 comprised with the comparatively hard thermoplastic resin is transmitted to a user's cheek or a temporal region, and when turning over in sleep time, Reduce user discomfort.

The hook-and-loop fastener 415 has one hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion that are detachably attached to each other, but one hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided on the lower surface of the connection portion main body 411 and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided. A surface fastener portion is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 10. One hook-and-loop fastener portion and the other hook-and-loop fastener portion adhere to each other, so that the connection portion main body material 411 is fixed at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the substrate 10. The towel cloth 11 will be described later.

The entire upper surface of the

elastomer material

213, 223, 233, and 243 constituting the upper surface of the substrate 10, the face support unit 20, the back head support unit 30, and the connection unit 40 as described above is covered with the towel cloth 11. In addition, the entire outer surface of the prone pillow is composed of towel cloth 11. The towel cloth 11 is formed with a central through hole 111 having substantially the same shape as the through hole 101 formed in the central portion of the substrate 10, and a nose can be inserted into the central through hole 111. The towel cloth 11 has a flexibility, a thickness, and a texture that hardly cause damage even if the user's head is in direct contact with the towel cloth 11 for a long time. Thereby, the towel cloth 11 has a thickness of, for example, 20 mm or more, and coupled with the flexibility of the elastomer, the state in which the user's head is in contact with the towel cloth 11 for a long time during sleep time continues. Even suppresses the user from feeling uncomfortable.

Next, the manufacturing method of the prone pillow 1 is demonstrated. The prone pillow 1 is manufactured by custom-made so as to have a shape suitable for each part of the user's head.
Specifically, the user's lower jaw body is molded, and a thermoplastic resin is molded based on the mold obtained by the molding to mold the chin-side body material 211. Further, the user's forehead is molded, and a thermoplastic resin is molded based on the mold obtained by the molding, so that the forehead main body 221 is molded. In addition, the user's occipital region is modeled, and a thermoplastic resin is molded based on the mold obtained by the molding process, so that the occipital side main body material 311 is molded. Then, the inclination angle A of the lower guide surface 401 of the connecting portion 40 suitable for the shapes of the jaw side main body material 211, the forehead main body material 221 and the occipital side main body material 311 thus formed is determined, and the heat The plastic resin is molded, and the connection portion main body 411 is molded.

Next, measure the length from the lower side of the chin (mandibular body) to the forehead (frontal scale (upper edge of eyebrows)), and apply pressure to the eyes, mouth and gums when lying on the face The chin side main body material 211 and the forehead side main body material 221 are arranged at positions that can be avoided, and based on this, the occipital side main body material 311 and the connection part main body material 411 are arranged. At this time, the upper surfaces of the jaw-side main body material 211 and the forehead-side main body material 221 are positioned at a height at which the cervical vertebra is not bent unnaturally when the user actually lies prone. Make sure. Then, on the other surface fastener portion of the hook-and-

loop fasteners

215, 225, 235, and 245 fixed in advance to the upper surface of the substrate 10, the jaw side main body material 211, the forehead side main body material 221, the occipital side main body material 311, and the connection portion main body material. By attaching one hook and loop fastener portion 411, the chin side main body material 211, the forehead side main body material 221, the occipital side main body material 311 and the connection portion main body material 411 are positions on the substrate 10, and the user can When the prone pillow 1 is used, the lower jaw body, the forehead, the back of the head, the temporal region and the cheek are fixed at positions where they can properly come into contact.

Next,

elastomer materials

213, 223, 233, and 243 are fixedly provided on the entire upper surfaces of the jaw side main body material 211, the forehead side main body material 221, the occipital side main body material 311, and the connection portion main body material 411. And the jaw side main body material 211 provided with the

elastomer materials

213, 223, 233, and 243, the forehead side main body material 221, the back head side main body material 311, the upper surface of the connection part main body material 411, the chin side main body material 211, the forehead The side main body material 221, the back head side main body material 311, and the connection part main body material 411 are covered with the towel cloth 11 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the portion of the substrate 10 and to wrap the whole. At this time, the towel cloth 11 is fixed to the substrate 10 such that the central through hole 111 of the towel cloth 11 coincides with the through hole 101 formed in the center of the board 10. The prone pillow 1 is manufactured through the above steps.

Next, how to use the prone pillow 1 will be described. First, the user of the prone pillow 1 is faced downward while lying down, and the lower jaw body of the user is placed in the

respective recesses

216 and 224 of the chin support part 210 and the forehead support part 220 of the prone pillow 1. The user's lower jaw body and forehead are brought into contact with each of the chin support part 210 and the forehead support part 220 so as to fit the forehead (frontal scale). This puts the user in a lying state.

Next, when the user turns over while lying on his / her face down, the user brings his cheeks into contact with the lower guiding surface 401 and his / her head in contact with the lower guiding surface 401. Roll along. As a result, the user's head climbs the lower guide surface 401, gets over the horizontal surface 402 of the occipital region support part 30, and the occipital region fits into the recess 314 of the occipital region support part 30. Thereby, it will be in the state of lying on its back. The user who is tired of lying on his / her back, tilts his head slightly toward the face support portion 20 from a state where the back head portion is fitted in the recess 314 of the back head support portion 30, so that the head portion of the back head support portion 30. Over the horizontal plane 402, the temporal region begins to ride on the lower guide surface 401, whereby the head rolls on the lower guide surface 401, the lower jaw fits into the recess 216 of the chin support portion 210, and the forehead of the forehead support portion 220 It returns to the state of lying down lying in the recess 224. As described above, during sleep, the user repeats lying down and lying on his back, and easily returns from lying on his back to lying down.

According to the prone pillow 1 according to the present embodiment as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
The prone pillow 1 is orthogonal to the direction connecting the forehead support 220 and the chin support 210 to the face support 20 having the forehead support 220 for supporting the forehead, the chin support 210 for supporting the lower jaw. The back of the head can be brought into contact with the face-supporting portion 20 when the face-supporting portion 20 is supported by the face-supporting portion 20 and the forehead and the lower jaw are lying on the back. And a connecting portion 40 that connects the face supporting portion 20 and the occipital supporting portion 30 to each other.

With this configuration, when the user is lying on the prone pillow 1 using the prone pillow 1, the chin support part 210 supports the user's lower jaw, and the forehead support part 220 is the frontal scale (forehead) of the user. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a load from being applied to either the mandibular body or the frontal scale. Thereby, it becomes possible for the user to continue lying down for a longer time without feeling uncomfortable. In addition, by appropriately adjusting the height of the chin support part 210 and the height of the forehead support part 220, it is possible to prevent the cervical spine from being bent unnaturally, and in this state, the prone lying down is continuously performed. It becomes possible.

Furthermore, it is possible for the user of the prone pillow 1 to return to the lying-down state again after hitting the lying-down state from the lying-down state while sleeping. This allows the user to lie prone for a longer time during sleep.

In detail, an important point in the user's sleep is the posture of sleep. Inappropriate sleeping posture may lead to body distortion, nerve compression, blood vessel compression, etc. Sleeping pillows are very important because one third of your life is spent sleeping. During sleep, he lies on his back, on his side, lying on his face, and when he sleeps, he turns over to sleep. However, as you get older, your muscle strength decreases, and lying on your side can lead to shoulder tendon pain and tendon tears. Therefore, lying down is very important.

The brain and spinal cord, which are the command towers of the whole body, are vital organs that are life-threatening, so they are protected by a hard bone at the center of the neck. , Nerves or blood vessels may be compressed, leading to numbness. When nerves are compressed, the blood vessels that carry nutrients to the nerves are compressed, so that the nerves themselves fall into an oxygen deficiency state. If you sleep for a long time on your back, the external carotid artery is naturally compressed, leading to poor circulation. In order to prevent this, prone lying down supported by the lower jaw (chin) and frontal scale (forehead bone) is important. The face, the eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, facial arteries, facial veins, nerves, and other organs that must be avoided are concentrated. In order to protect them and lie down on the bed, it is important to support the face in a balanced manner.

When you can lie down, you can sleep on your back for a long time, and when your back blood vessels, nerves, etc. are compressed, it becomes difficult to lie down. Lead to a good sleep. For human health, nothing is as important as sleep. Because sleep keeps the balance of the whole body state, the brain and the body are restored, and the rhythm of the whole body is adjusted, the person demands sleep in order to maintain his life as a living organism. Sleep regulates the secretion of various hormones and maintains the balance of brain and nerve functions including autonomic nerves. The respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, etc. during sleep fluctuate regularly, leading to a good sleep. In addition, due to a good sleep, it becomes possible to train by intestinal muscle training, that is, peristaltic movement of the intestine, and to gain physical strength. Thereby, it becomes possible to promote a diet effect and to bring beautiful skin. That is, sleep detoxifies the brain.

Many blood vessels and nerves are concentrated in the region from the cervical spine to the brain. If the cervical vertebra is displaced or distorted in the first cervical vertebra, the second cervical vertebra, etc. due to lying on the side, the balance of organs such as blood vessels and nerves is lost, which is harmful to health. A prone sleeping position where a human sleeps is an absolute condition of lying on his face with his face facing forward. Further, lying down on the face leads to prevention of apnea syndrome because the front of the face is directed downward. On the other hand, lying down lays pressure on the diaphragm and becomes abdominal breathing, which promotes blood circulation and leads to visceral activation, oxygen supply and blood flow promotion, and is very useful for health.

】 Blood flow worsens with age, but with this, capillaries age and disappear. At 60 years of age, 40% of capillaries have been found to disappear when there are the most capillaries. Conversely, it has been found that by improving the blood flow of the capillaries even when the age is increased, the capillaries can suppress aging and the capillaries can be prevented from disappearing. As described above, since lying down leads to blood flow promotion, it is possible to suppress the blood flow of capillaries in the body from being deteriorated, and to suppress the reduction of capillaries.

¡Respiration is important when humans take oxygen from the lungs. Humans can live without eating for about three days. However, humans will die if they cannot breathe oxygen in the air for a few minutes. The brain is said to consume about 25% of the oxygen in the blood pumped out of the heart.

For about 16 hours from getting up in the morning to going to bed, the blood circulation is promoted by aerobic exercise such as standing and walking, and oxygen is supplied to the capillaries by the oxygen carrying ability of red blood cells in the blood. However, since the capillaries of the brain, the retina of the eye, and the kidneys are as thin as 0.002 cm (5/1000 microns), blood management and blood pressure management are important. Humans live in a sleeping position for one-third of their lives, or eight hours. Using the prone pillow 1 in 1/10 hours of the sleeping posture, and taking a sleeping posture, it becomes a breathing method by abdominal pressure using the diaphragm, which naturally applies pressure to the internal organs and promotes blood circulation It is very useful for health including diet and prevention of skin. When bedridden, it becomes deficient in oxygen due to poor circulation to the brain, and triggers such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease. In the future aging society, the lying pillow 1 that is absolutely necessary for lying down is a necessity.

Moreover, the connection part 40 has the downward guide surface 401 which goes to the downward direction as it approaches the face support part 20 from the back head support part 30. With this configuration, it is possible to guide the user's head that has fallen on his / her back to the face support unit 20, and easily guide the user who has fallen on his / her back to the state of lying down. It becomes.

Further, the lower guide surface 401 has an inclined surface with an inclination angle of 10 ° to 40 °. With this configuration, it becomes possible for a user who has been in a state of lying on his back during sleep to easily return to the state of lying on his / her face by simply tilting his / her head.

Further, on the opposite side of the forehead support portion 220 from the chin support portion 210, there is a grip portion 102 that can be gripped by hand when lying down or lying on its back. With this configuration, during sleep, a user who is lying on his / her back or lying on his / her face can hold the grip portion 102 with his / her hands and can promote a good night's sleep.

Moreover, since the board | substrate 10 is comprised with the cocoon material, it becomes possible for a user to acquire a relaxation effect by sniffing the scent of a cocoon, and to promote a good night's sleep. Allows for a good sleep.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified within the technical scope described in the claims. For example, the configuration of the prone pillow is not limited to the configuration of the prone pillow 1 in the present embodiment. Specifically, for example, the through hole 101 is formed in the center of the substrate 10, but the through hole 101 may be formed as necessary. That is, if the chin support part 210 and the forehead support part 220 in the vertical direction are sufficiently high, the user's nose does not come into contact with the substrate 10, and thus the through hole 101 may not be formed.

Further, the end portion of the chin support portion and the end portion of the forehead support portion in the longitudinal direction may have a chamfered shape. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the end portion of the chin support portion and the end portion of the forehead support portion from forming an angular shape, for example, when the user's face abuts against the end portion during sleep. Even if it exists, it is possible to suppress discomfort and prevent sleep.

Further, a spacer may be used to adjust the height of the chin support part 210 and the forehead support part 220 in the vertical direction. That is, when the height from the substrate 10 to the upper surface of the chin support part 210 in the vertical direction is not sufficient, a chin side spacer for increasing the height of the upper surface of the chin support part 210 is used. 211 and the substrate 10 may be used. In this case, the other surface fastener portion is provided on the upper surface of the jaw side spacer, and the other surface fastener portion adheres to one surface fastener portion provided on the lower surface of the jaw side main body material 211. In addition, one hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided on the lower surface of the jaw side spacer and adheres to the other hook-and-loop fastener portion provided on the upper surface of the substrate 10.

Similarly, when the height from the substrate 10 to the upper surface of the forehead support 220 in the vertical direction is not sufficient, the forehead spacer for increasing the height of the upper surface of the forehead support 220 is a forehead body 221. And the substrate 10 may be used. In this case, the other surface fastener portion is provided on the upper surface of the forehead spacer, and the other surface fastener portion adheres to one surface fastener portion provided on the lower surface of the forehead main body material 221. One hook-and-loop fastener portion is provided on the lower surface of the forehead spacer and adheres to the other hook-and-loop fastener portion provided on the upper surface of the substrate 10.

Moreover, although the board | substrate 10 was comprised with the brazing material, it is not limited to this. For example, it may be made of cedar, plastic, aluminum plate, etc., instead of firewood. Moreover, the elastomer material provided in the chin side main body material 211, the forehead side main body material 221, the back head side main body material 311 and the connection part main body material 411 is not limited to an elastomer material. Instead of the elastomer material, a cushioning material such as urethane, latex, or rubber material may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Prone pillow 20 Face support part 30 Back head support part 40 Connection part 102 Grip part 210 Jaw support part 220 Forehead support part 401 Lower guide surface A Inclination angle

Claims

A face support portion having a forehead support portion for supporting the forehead and a chin support portion for supporting the lower jaw body;
It is a position on the side of the face support portion that is orthogonal to the direction connecting the forehead support portion and the chin support portion, and is turned over from a lying-down state in which the forehead and lower jaw body are supported by the face support portion. A occipital region supporting portion that is arranged at a position where the occipital region can come into contact with the occipital region, and supports the occipital region;
A connecting part for connecting the face support part and the occipital support part;
Prone pillow with.
The prone pillow according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion has a lower guide surface that faces downward from the back head support portion toward the face support portion.
The prone pillow according to claim 2, wherein the lower guide surface has an inclined surface with an inclination angle of 10 ° to 40 °.
The gripping part that can be gripped by a hand in the state of lying on its face or lying on its back on the side opposite to the chin support part with respect to the forehead support part. The prone pillow described in Crab.